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Le Père Duchène En Colère

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Satirical print showing a bearded man wearing the costume of a sans-culotte and holding a terrified Adolphe Thiers in his right hand. Over the doorway to the left are inscribed the words 'Mand De Fourneaux'. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLe Père Duchène En Colère (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Brief description
'Le Père Duchène En Colère'. Satirical illustration by W. Aléxis showing a bearded man wearing the costume of a sans-culotte and holding a terrified Adolphe Thiers in his right hand. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing a bearded man wearing the costume of a sans-culotte and holding a terrified Adolphe Thiers in his right hand. Over the doorway to the left are inscribed the words 'Mand De Fourneaux'. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
DimensionsThe prints in this series are described in the accession record as being of various sizes.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Le Père Duchène En Colère. Lith. Barousse, à Paris. Duclaux, Edr. Place du Ch. D'Eau, 21. Dépôt chez Madre, r. du Croissant, 20. Ah!..tas de Genfoutres.' (Lettered)
  • 'W. Aléxis' (Signed)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1296-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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